Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 1995, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 109-110.

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Esterification of Wood Powder

Wu Guoqiang, Zhao Bianan, Tang Aimin, Gao Jie   

  1. Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650
  • Received:1994-08-23 Revised:1994-12-30 Published:1995-06-10 Online:1995-06-10

Abstract: The wood powder treated with a mixture of sulfuric-diethylamine-dimethyl sul-foxide(SO2-DEA-DMSO) can reach a high esterification degree when it is then esterifiedwith a mixture of pyridine and acetic anhydride in the conditions of high temperature, hishquantity of esterification agent and long reaction time.The esterification degree is relativelylow if the wood powder is treated with polyformaldehyde-DMSO(PMO-DMSO ) due to thedecreased activity of hydroxyl groups in cellulose as result of chemical destrustion of ligno-cellulose during solvent treatment.

Key words: lignocellulose, solvent treatment, esterification